⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in Indonesia

Instant messaging apps allow users to communicate in real time via text, voice, and video, often with group chats, file sharing, and end-to-end encryption.

Indonesia is a Southeast Asian country with a population of over 279 million people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 23% of websites from Indonesia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top instant messaging apps on websites in Indonesia in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WhatsApp, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 89.4% share.
It is followed by Telegram with 18.5% and Line with 1.9%.

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top apps that are more popular in Indonesia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 16 instant messaging apps used on sites from Indonesia, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
WhatsApp
Menlo Park, California, United States

A cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta that enables private messaging, media sharing, and internet-based voice and video communication.

Free$$$
2
Telegram
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy.

Free$$$
3
Line
Tokyo, Japan

A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app often described as a super-app because it integrates services such as a digital wallet, news feed, digital comics, media streaming, and shopping.

Free
4
Messenger
Menlo Park, California, United States

An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms.

Free
5
Discord
San Francisco, California, United States

An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.

Free$2.99+
6
WeChat
Shenzhen, China

A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services.

Free
7
Snapchat
Santa Monica, California, United States

A messaging and social networking app that lets users send photos and videos ("Snaps") that disappear after being viewed by default.

Free
8
Zalo
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service.

Free99,000 VND+/month
9
Zoom
San Jose, California, United States

A cloud-based communications platform that enables video meetings, audio conferencing, phone calls, and team chat across devices.

Free$15.99+/user/month
10
Lark
Haidian, Beijing, China

An enterprise collaboration platform developed by ByteDance that integrates instant messaging, document collaboration, video conferencing, and calendar management.

Free$7.20+/user/month
11
Rocket.Chat
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

An open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients.

FreeOpen source$$$
12
QQ
Shenzhen, China

A Chinese instant messaging software platform.

Free
13
WeCom
Shenzhen, China

A Chinese cloud-based platform by Tencent for enterprise communication, team collaboration, and client management that connects businesses with WeChat users.

Free
14
Microsoft Teams
Redmond, Washington, United States

A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration.

Free$9.99+/month
15
KakaoTalk
Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea

A Korean messaging platform widely considered a super app, combining private and group chats, voice and video calls, communities, and other digital services.

Free
16
Signal
Mountain View, California, United States

An open-source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls.

FreeOpen source

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